USPTO Patents Application 09335268

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY

PCX

INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION REPORT
(PCT Article 36 and Rale 70)

Applicant's or agent's file reference
5260.01

FOR FURTHER ACTION Notification of Transmittal of International
Preliminary Examination Report (Form

International application No,

PCT/usoo/ono8

International filing date (d^r^/tyionih/year)
27 JANUARY 2000

Priority date (day/monJth/year)
27 JANUARY 1999

International Patent Classification (IPC) or national classification and IPC
IPq?): HO+N 7/173 and US a.: 725/87

Applicant

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC

This international preliminary examioation report has been prepared by this International Preliminary
Examining Authority and is ti^aiismitted to the applicant according to Article 36.

2. This REiPOBT consisfci of a total

sheets.

nn Hiis report is also accompanied by ANKEXES, La, sheets of the description^ claims attdi)r drawing whidi have
been amended and are the basis for tiiis r^ort and/br sheets containing rectifications made before this Authority,
(see Eule 70.16 and Section 607 of the Admioistratave Instructions under ifae PCT),

These annexes consist of a total of sheets.

3. This report contains indications relating to the following items:

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Date of submission of the demand
25 AUGUST 2000

Date of completion of this report
lO SEPTEMBER 2O01

Name and mailing address of the IPEA/US

Comnussioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box PCT

Wafiiington, D.C BOSS!
Facsimile No. (703) 305-3230

Authoriied officer

CHRISTOPHER eR/p^J/^^yU^ J^C^'^'^^^
Telephone No. (703) 306-4-7 J^/'^ ^ ^

Form PCT/I PEA/409 (cover sheet) (July 1998)*

INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION REPORT

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L Basis of the report

1. Wiih rc^LTd to the elements of the international application:*
I I the inlemational application as originally filed
the description:

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the drawings:

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the sequence listing part of the description:
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2. With regaid to the language, all the elements mariced above were available or furnished to this Authonty m the language m which
the international application was filed, unless otherwise indicated under this item.

These elements were available or fumished to this Authority in the following language ^ which is:

[ I the language of a translation fumished for the purposes of international search (under Rule 23.1(b)).
I I the language of publication of the international application (under Rule 48.3(b)).

I I the language of the translation fumished for the purposes of international preUminary examination (under Rules 552 and/
or 55.3).

3. With regard to any nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosed in the international application, the international
preliminary examination was carried out on the basis of the sequence listing:

I I contained in the inlemational application in printed form.

j~| filed together with the international application in computer readable form.

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□ The statement that the subsequenUy fumished written sequence listing does not go beyond the disclosure in the
international application as filed h&s been furmshed.

□ The stateinent that the information recorded in computer readable form is identical to the writen sequence listing has
been furrushed.

4 [3 amendments have resulted in the cancellation of:
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the description, pages^
the claims, Nos.

NONE

[x] the drawings, sheets/ftg NONE

5. This report has been drawn as if (some oO the amendments had not been made, since they have been considered to go

beyond the disclosure as filed, as indicated in the Suj^lemental Box (Rule 70.2(c)).**
* ReDlacemem sheets which have been fimtished lo the receivir^ Office in response to an invitation under Article 14 are referred^
in this report as "onginally filed' and are not annexed to this report since they do not contain amendmems (Rules 70. J 6

in this report as
and 70.17)

**Anv replac^menl sheet containing such amendmems must be referred to un der item I and annexed to this report.

Form PCT/IPEA/409 (Box I) (July 1998)*

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laternational application No.
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V. Reasoned statement under Article 35(2) with regard to novelty, inventive step or Industrial applicability;
citations and explanations supporting such statement

1. statement

Novelty (N)

aaims NONE . YES

Claims i-ioe ^ ^ NO

Inventive Step (IS) aaims NONE YES

Claims t-ios NO

Industrial Applicability (LA)

Claims 1-^06 YES

Claims NONE . NO

2. citations and explanations (Bule 70,7)

aaims 1-106 Jack novelty under POT Article S3(S) as being anticipated by Hendricks ct al. (Hendricks) (WO 95 l5e+9).

Considering claim I, Hendricks discloses system for transmitting and receiving text and displaying an indication of
the text, wherein the text is transmitted in an electronic signal comprising:

a) transmitter (SOfi);

b) connector (2l«);

c) display («66) that displays a particular menu» see figures lS-14*.

Oaims S-17 are met by Hendricks on pages 1-S8 and the drawings.

Considering claims 18, S2, 49, 63, 89 and BS, Hendricks discloses a method for distributing text material in textual
data form using an electronic signal and transmission medium, comprising:

a) coding (204) textual data onto an electronic signal;

b) transmitting (208) the electronic signal;

c) receiving 21«) and displaying (266) the electronic signal including library menus (pages 22-25). see figures 15-14c;

d) searching (pages 26-28) the textual data.

Claims 19-31, 33-48, 50-62, 90-97 and 99-106 are met by Hendricks on pages 1-38 and the drawings.

Considering claim 64, Hendricks discloses an electronic book catalog system for use with an electronic book unit (266),

comprising: ,

a) connector (212). the connector receiving data related to an electronic book classification data (figure 14d havmg different

categories or "classification");

b) memory (600) (figures 6 or 8^

c) processor (628 ) (figures I4d and 15).

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I. BASIS OF REPORT:

This report hsis been drawn on the basis of the description,

page(s) 1-41. as originally filed.

page(s) NONE» filed with the danand.

and additional amendments:

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This report has been drawn on the basis of the claims.

page(s) 42-52 » as originally filed.

page(s) NONE, as amended under Article 19.

page(s) NONE, filed with the dwnand.

and additional amendments:

Pages 51 and 52, filed with the letter of 09 August 2001

Hiis report has been drawn on the basis of Uie drawings,

page(s) 1-46 . as originally filed.

page(s) NONE, filed with the demand,

and additional amendments:

NONE

This report has been drawn on the basis of the sequence listing part of the descriptioa*

page(s) NONE, as originally filed.

pages(s) NONE. fUed with the demand.

and additional amendments:

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V. 2. REASONED STATEMENTS - CITATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS (ConUnued):
Claims 65-88 are met by Hendridcs on pages 1-38 and the drawings.

WO 95/15649 A (HENDRICKS et al.) 08 June 1995. whole document

Form PCT/IPEA/40d (Supplemental Box) (July 1998)*

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receiving a request from a user for a menu relating to the electronic books;
generating the menu based upon the user's request; and
displaying the menu on a viewer.

90. The method of claim 89 wherein the displaying step includes displaying an
electronic representation of the electronic books on a book shelf.

9 1 . The method of claim 89 wherein the displaying step includes formatting the menu
according to title, author, International Standard Book Number, classification number, or
category, relating to the electronic books.

92. The method of claim 89, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selected one of the electronic books identified
by the menu; and

displaying at least a portion of the selected electronic book.

93. The method of claim 89 wherein the displaying step includes displaying a default
menu.

94. The method of claim 89 wherein the displaying step includes using a portable,
hand-held viewer to display the menu.

95. The method of claim 89, further comprising receiving the electronic books
through an electronic signal.

96. The method of claim 89, further comprising storing the plurality of electronic
books for display on the viewer.

97. The method of claim 96 wherein the storing step includes storing the electronic
books in the viewer.

98. A method for searching a plurality of electronic books, comprising:
accessing data associated with a plurality of electronic books;

performing a search of the accessed data, based upon a user-entered parameter, in
order to locate a portion of the textual data relating to the parameter;

displaying results of the search in a menu format on a viewer; and
selecting one of the electronic books for viewing using the displayed menu.

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99. The method of claim 98, further comprising receiving a request from a user for a
search relating to the electronic books.

100. The method of claim 98 wherein the searching step includes searching the
electronic books according to title, author, International Standard Book Number,
classification number, or category, relating to the electronic books.

101. The method of claim 98 wherein the displaying step includes displaying an
electronic representation of a book shelf containing an indication of electronic books
identified by the results of the search.

1 02. The method of claim 98, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selected one of the electronic books identified
by the results of the search; and

displaying at least a portion of the selected electronic book.

103. The method of claim 98 wherein the displaying step includes using a portable,
hand-held viewer to display the results of the search.

104. The method of claim 98, ftirther comprising receiving the electronic books
through an electronic signal.

105. The method of claim 98, further comprising storing the plurality of electronic
books for display on the viewer.

1 06. The method of claim 1 05 wherein the storing step includes storing the electronic
books in the viewer.